Oksana Volkova, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s Poison d’Amour release is Opera Magazine’s July 2021 Disc of the Month! “‘Poison d’amour’ is that rarity, a recital disc where interest is nicely balanced between the singer and the song. The Belarusian mezzo-soprano Oksana Volkova has a well- nourished voice that has already taken her…
We’re excited to share the news that Delos conductor and pianist Constantine Orbelian has been appointed to the position of Music Director and Principal Conductor for the New York City Opera! New York City Opera (Michael Capasso, General Director) has announced the appointment of internationally acclaimed conductor and pianist Constantine Orbelian as the company’s Music…
Liana Malandrenioti, music critic for the Athens newspaper Epoch, has filed this appreciation of the work of Delos recording artist Smaro Gregoriadou, including a review of her recent release A Healing Fire. The presence of Smaro Gregoriadou in the contemporary classical music scene is in many ways precious; she appears as guitar soloist, composer, researcher,…
Oksana Volkova, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s Poison D’Amour album has MusicWeb International critic, Michael Cookson, crossing his fingers for more! “One immediately notices Volkova’s dark-tinged and agreeably burnished tone. Her chosen roles seem appropriately tailored to her tessitura, so there is little in the way of strain. The word ‘allure’ is often…
The following review for the Latvian Radio Choir’s Komitas Divine Liturgy recording was sent from Quentin Skinner, a distinguished professor of Queen Mary University of London, and is shared with permission: “I had previously known nothing about Komitas Vardapet. He is certainly a great composer. But one with a tragic life. It is terrible to…
In a wide-ranging review, Constantine P. Carambelas-Sgourdas offers high praise for guitar virtuoso Smaro Gregoriadou’s fourth Delos album, A Healing Fire, featuring works by Bach, Britten, Gubaidulina and Hetu. “The distinguished guitarist Smaro Gregoriadou is a special case among classical guitarists, in that she never stops exploring new sonic and technical possibilities of her instrument…
Robert Hugill reviews Smaro Gregoriadou’s A Healing Fire recording on Planet Hugill: “Her account of the [J.S. Bach Sonata‘s] opening ‘Grave’ is strong and firm, whilst the ‘Fuga’ is crisp, firm and quite steady with Gregoriadou making explicit what often has to be left implicit in Bach’s original. The ‘Andante’ is firmly rhythmic with a…
As the Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience continues to wow audiences around the world, we wanted to highlight composer Ben Moore’s Dear Theo song cycle based on letters of Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo, which received its world premiere recording with tenor Paul Appleby and pianist Brian Zeger (DE 3437), with a new…
Oksana Volkova, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s upcoming Poison D’Amour recording gets a Music Notes review: “The Delos CD opens with O ma lyre immortelle from Gounod’s rarely done Sapho. In this aria and in two selections from Samson et Dalila: Printemps qui commence and Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix the Belarusian singer displays a luscious sound that she…
“When I listened to The Cave of Wondrous Voice, I was absolutely entranced by the lyricism and your ability to create these marvelous strands of melody. It’s just gorgeous.” —Rob Kennedy, WCPE North Carolina’s “Research Triangle” – the area encompassing Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill – is home to WCPE (theclassicalstation.org). A non-commercial, independent, listener-supported…
Fanfare Magazine’s Celeste Stokely gives a five-star review to Robert Taylor and the Taylor Festival Choir’s So Hallow’d the Time recording: “…exquisite beauty. Galante proves… that his music is worth seeking out and savoring by music lovers, and I am glad to make its acquaintance in this work. … Robert Taylor and his Taylor Festival…
Fanfare Magazine’s March/April 2021 issue features an incredible review for Andrew Balio and Bruce Bengtson’s Soli Deo Gloria – Bach recording: “My praise here is unabashedly stratospheric: This is, hands down, the most magnificent, eloquent, communicative trumpet playing I have ever heard in my life, and I have a whole shelf full of trumpet CDs…
All Music Guide critic James Manheim gives a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ rating to the Latvian Radio Choir and Sigvards Klava’s recording of the Komitas Divine Liturgy: “This version by the Latvian Radio Choir under Sigvards Klava is the first non-Armenian recording of the work (the lead soloists are Armenian). It came about at the behest of Armenia’s ambassador to Latvia, who…
Critic Michael Cookson reviews Ekaterina Siurina, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s recording, Amour éternel, in MusicWeb International: “From start to finish in this studio recital, Siurina impresses with an accomplished performance, by turns assertive, vulnerable, passionate, sensitive, and tormented. … In a most convincing performance, Siurina demonstrates her smooth, attractive tone and satisfying levels…
Critic Göran Forsling reviews Ekaterina Siurina, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s recording, Amour éternel, in MusicWeb International: “Ekaterina Siurina has a beautiful voice, sings with good legato, is careful with nuances and her top rings out with brilliance. She has also a good trill, which she displays in Juliette’s Je veux vivre.… she is…
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